Courtyard
['kɔːtjɑːd] or ['kɔrtjɑrd]
Definition
(n.) A court or inclosure attached to a house.
Editor: Warren
Examples
- It opened on to a squalid courtyard. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The room I shared with the lieutenant Rinaldi looked out on the courtyard. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Quietly and steadily have all these arrangements made in the courtyard here, even to the taking of your own seat in the carriage. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- With this on his mind, which was enough to carry into a dreary prison courtyard, he arrived at the prison of La Force. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- But you have no house and no courtyard in your no-house, he thought. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Slinging my harness into a long single strap, I lowered Tars Tarkas to the courtyard beneath, and an instant later dropped to his side. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Almost at the same moment, the bell of the great gate rang again, and a loud noise of feet and voices came pouring into the courtyard. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The doorway of the staircase gives on the little courtyard close to the left here, pointing with his hand, near to the window of my establishment. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- In safety we reached the great gates at the far end of the courtyard, through which it was necessary to take our thoats to the avenue beyond. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I came to the courtyard, crossed it, and stood under the shelter of the balcony. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Dejah Thoris and I with the other members of the royal family had collected in a sunken garden within an inner courtyard of the palace. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- And it looks out on an angle of the courtyard so as to be partly invisible. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- As we reached the courtyard we stood in the shadows beneath the balcony for a moment to discuss our plans. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It was her ambition to be permitted to have a ride round the courtyard on this pony; but far be it from her to ask such a favour. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I took the opportunity of being alone in the courtyard to look at my coarse hands and my common boots. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
Edited by Lancelot